Unemployment rate falls to 3.6 per cent

Australia's jobless rate remains low despite rising interest rates and prices hitting consumers. Photo: AAP

Economists are tipping further interest rate pain on the way for Australians after an unexpected fall in the jobless rate.

The jobless rate eased back to 3.6 per cent, down from 3.7 per cent in May, marking another month of unemployment at a level that is complicating the Reserve Bank’s task of stamping down inflation